Antique Brittan Animal Cards - Set of Four mid-century vase This carved and painted wooden

This carved and painted wooden mask--an early 20th century Mexican dance mask--feels so contemporary to me

and from which some of the brown paint has worn off

This lovely otter is by Richard Thompkins (1930-1995)

when apparently they were commonly seen in saloons and cigar shops

Antique Brittan Animal Cards - Set of Four mid-century vase This carved and painted woodenThis is a wonderful set of 4 lithograph cards, each featuring one animal with information about it on back. I believe these were produced in the 1880s, and represent the work of a few different artists, including Charles Edward Brittan (1837 1888), an English painter and illustrator known for animals and landscapes, and William Dickes (1815 1892), an English illustrator, engraver, printmaker and lithographer. This set of four includes the Brown Bear,